Leviticus 25:18:4Lev.25.18.W4TAB
תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ
tishmeru
“keep”
- Transliteration
- tish-me-RU
- Extended
- tish-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /tiʃ.məˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- keep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tish-me-RU
- phraseyour reading level
veh-et-mish-pa-TAI tish-me-RU
- clause
va-a-si-TEM et-khoo-koh-TAI veh-et-mish-pa-TAI tish-me-RU va-a-si-TEM o-TAM
- sentence
va-a-si-TEM et-khoo-koh-TAI veh-et-mish-pa-TAI tish-me-RU va-a-si-TEM o-TAM vee-shav-TEM al-ha-A-rets la-VE-takh
Exegesis
The verse opens with a sequence of vav-consecutive commands where va’asitem {וַעֲשִׂיתֶם | wa-ʿă-sî-tem} ‘and you shall do’ and tishmeru {תִּשְׁמְרוּ | ṯišmərû} ‘you shall keep’ establish a chain of legal obligations.
In context — Leviticus 25:18
And you shall carry out my statutes and keep my judgments, and you shall do them, and you will dwell on the land securely.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 25:18, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ (tishmeru) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.25.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.18.W4.S1) and character.